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The Northerner

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Sat Jun 9, 2012, 07:41 PM Jun 2012

Russia 'still opposes Syria intervention'

Russia will continue to oppose attempts by the UN Security Council to sanction military intervention in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.

Mr Lavrov also repeated calls for an international conference to implement the peace plan drawn up by UN special envoy Kofi Annan.

He said Moscow would support the departure of President Bashar al-Assad, but only if Syrians agreed to it.

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Speaking at foreign ministry in Moscow, Mr Lavrov said that the issue of foreign intervention in Syria was being posed in a "radical and quite emotional way".


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18384287
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